Where can you get the best sweet tea in and around Atlanta?
We have our winners.
It seems our readers are big on tradition, especially when it comes to sweet tea. One of our city’s most venerable establishments takes the crown when it comes to the South’s favorite house wine. Mary Mac’s Tea Room, which opened back in 1945, is your winner. Check out all of the contenders you nominated for best sweet tea in and around Atlanta.
Our pick for the top hasn’t been around as long, but it still has a fine reputation for good food and drink. South City Kitchen’s iced tea leads our list, getting a little boost from the specialty drinks the restaurant concocts with that special brew. See our top five picks for the Atlanta area’s best sweet tea.
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By Shelia
April 7, 2009 3:02 PM | Link to this
Mae’s soul food
By it's me
April 7, 2009 3:05 PM | Link to this
The Colonnade, of course.
By Tammy
April 7, 2009 3:24 PM | Link to this
My house of course!!!
By Gabby08
April 7, 2009 3:57 PM | Link to this
Chik-fil-a has the best sweet tea ever!
By Jen
April 7, 2009 4:32 PM | Link to this
Sonny’s in Lawrenceville
By Jean
April 7, 2009 4:44 PM | Link to this
Hudson’s in Douglasville has the very best
By Caitlin
April 7, 2009 5:50 PM | Link to this
Chick-fil-a!
By Janet
April 7, 2009 7:41 PM | Link to this
Olive Garden’s Peach Tea
By Joyce
April 7, 2009 8:46 PM | Link to this
McDonalds NOW has the best sweet tea! Chick fila use to be but became very tart after awhile.
By Seana
April 7, 2009 9:38 PM | Link to this
It is definitely at my house - just ask my family!
By KW
April 8, 2009 10:07 AM | Link to this
My Granny’s is the best but after that I would list: Mary Mac’s Chickfila
By Christy
April 8, 2009 10:49 AM | Link to this
Acworth McDee’s has great tea!
By beverly
April 8, 2009 11:09 AM | Link to this
Applebee’s has the best sweet tea!!
By Dave Cox
April 8, 2009 11:12 AM | Link to this
The Barbeque House on Thornton Rd Lithia Springs
By BigBoomNY
April 8, 2009 11:14 AM | Link to this
Mickey D’s
By carolina girl
April 8, 2009 11:19 AM | Link to this
Chick-Fila and Cracker Barrell are 2 places where you’d expect to find great sweet tea. Another place with great sweet tea is The Real Chow Baby.
By Rory
April 8, 2009 11:22 AM | Link to this
DEEGEE from the other Sweet Tea article, you are an “idiot”, People were drinking unsweetened Iced Tea up north before they came to the south. The fact that you ADD SUGAR makes it SWEET TEA. But hey you want to blame people up north for more of your problems go ahead.
By DC
April 8, 2009 11:23 AM | Link to this
Mathews in Tucker
By D
April 8, 2009 11:29 AM | Link to this
As good as many local spots are (and I am very much a localist)I’ll have to say McDonalds, if for no other reason than I can always find good sweet tea when traveling. Try finding sweet iced tea in southern Florida or NYC. Before Micky D’s dollar tea it was almost an imposibility.
By em
April 8, 2009 11:32 AM | Link to this
I will have to say McDonald’s.
By onebadmedic
April 8, 2009 11:37 AM | Link to this
I thinks its funny how the someone from up north would make a silly argument,when all we really want to know is who has the best sweet tea. I have to say I have always had good tea at Folks.
By Lefty
April 8, 2009 11:45 AM | Link to this
Country’s BBQ in Columbus, GA
By Chris
April 8, 2009 11:46 AM | Link to this
Harold’s BBQ
By Derek L.
April 8, 2009 11:48 AM | Link to this
You can find the best sweet tea at the Busy Bee Cafe located at 810 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, SW.
By Amanda
April 8, 2009 11:50 AM | Link to this
Chick-fil-a for sure.
By Mic
April 8, 2009 11:54 AM | Link to this
People, must we forget Ms. Winners (they sell it by the gallon, not the cup!) I don’t eat there, but I enjoy the sweet tea!
By Country Girl
April 8, 2009 11:55 AM | Link to this
Jimmys Steak Out in Jackson……. and of course at my house cause all southern girls know how to make good sweet tea.
By Janet Vanegas
April 8, 2009 11:59 AM | Link to this
Clearly, the best is consistently found at McAlisters!!!
By Dorrie
April 8, 2009 12:01 PM | Link to this
Publix people, Publix!!!
By Deanna
April 8, 2009 12:02 PM | Link to this
El Charro in Covington! For a Mexican restaurant they sure can brew up some fantastic sweet tea!
By sunnyzwei
April 8, 2009 12:08 PM | Link to this
the Picadilly’s off of Howell Mill Rd has some of the best sweet tea!
By TGI McScratchy's
April 8, 2009 12:14 PM | Link to this
Slammy’s Processing Facility in Buckhead
By Sunshine
April 8, 2009 12:18 PM | Link to this
McDonalds
By Bob
April 8, 2009 12:31 PM | Link to this
ZESTO has the best tea…also the best hotdogs and Burgers!!!
By Shanery
April 8, 2009 12:35 PM | Link to this
Oh no doubt the best sweet tea comes from 2 places ; oz pizza in east point ga. Fellinis on ponce de leon up the street from city hall east… if it was down to the last cup a fight would break out
By Mags
April 8, 2009 12:47 PM | Link to this
Well, I’m from the Midwest and have always had sweet tea - we just called it sweetened tea. I think that Mickey D’s is the best, but I have to get it half sweet and half unsweet.
By Jeff
April 8, 2009 12:47 PM | Link to this
Mother’s on West broad in Athens
By Sunshine
April 8, 2009 12:48 PM | Link to this
GOD BLESS CHICK-FIL-A’S TEA!!!
By JJ
April 8, 2009 1:02 PM | Link to this
NOWHERE!!!! Sweet tea is nothing more than colored sugar water. NASTY!!!!!
Now give me a good cup of HOT Lipton tea, and we’ll talk. But sweet tea is just plain nasty!!!!!!!
By Nita
April 8, 2009 1:11 PM | Link to this
J.R. Crickets on Cascade Road has the BEST!
By WestSider
April 8, 2009 1:19 PM | Link to this
Reading these responses is painful…McDonald’s? Applebee’s? I guess this is the same phenomenon that gets Papa John’s and Pizza Hut voted best Pizza in Atlanta year after year.
If you want good sweet tea go to either Dreamland BBQ in Roswell or Taqueria Del Sol in Midtown/Decatur…they are just two spots who have good tea. There are countless others if you just bother to follow the road less traveled.
By Kat
April 8, 2009 1:22 PM | Link to this
JJ: I agree. But what I do is make a hot decaf Lipton tea w/ Splenda and then pour that over ice to make “my” sweet tea.
By Tara
April 8, 2009 1:33 PM | Link to this
Most importantly McDonald’s and ALL of the Chinese and Japanese Restaurants for sure in Atlanta
By E.LEW
April 8, 2009 1:39 PM | Link to this
Publix…Nuff Said
By PIDana
April 8, 2009 1:42 PM | Link to this
1) Sweet Tea is the nectar of the Gods! If you don’t think so, you are obviously a Yankee.
2) Dreamland BBQ has THE best Sweet Tea in ATL! Mmmmmm
By DeeGee
April 8, 2009 1:42 PM | Link to this
Dear Rory -
Apparently you are from the north, as you completely missed the point of my comment. In the south’s past, tea was considered neither “sweet” nor “unsweet”. It was simply “tea”, even though it contained sugar. I was not blaming northerners for any problems, simply pointing out that they first made a fuss about differentiating between what we drank and what they drank. And I really don’t think it’s a big enough deal to be calling someone names. I guess you never learned to express yourself in a civil manner. That’s ok, I forgive you.
By Co-Co
April 8, 2009 1:44 PM | Link to this
I will have to say that I make the best sweet tea, but when I’m out and want to get it fast I would choose chick-fil-a or from the grocery store its mayfields!
By Yup, I said it
April 8, 2009 1:47 PM | Link to this
McDonald’s Sweet Tea?!?!?! OOOOOOH weeeeee…diabetes in a cup!
By sweet tee
April 8, 2009 1:48 PM | Link to this
quik trip and mcdonalds. Anywhere in the south, i think
By Beau
April 8, 2009 1:48 PM | Link to this
Carver’s Country Kitchen has the best sweet tea in the city.
By Allie
April 8, 2009 1:49 PM | Link to this
The Nook has something better…Sweet Tea Ice Cream…mmmmmm…..
By DeeGee
April 8, 2009 1:50 PM | Link to this
But as to where they have the best tea in town, I’ll have to agree that it’s the BBQ House on Thornton Road. And McDonald’s isn’t too bad if you mix sweet and unsweet half and half.
By Gabriel Mayberry
April 8, 2009 1:50 PM | Link to this
The McDonald’s at Mill Creek across from the Mall of Georgia has the best sweet tea!
By Marie
April 8, 2009 1:58 PM | Link to this
JJ — Sweet tea is the official beverage of heaven — so don’t go there (LOL)!!!
McDonald’s sweet tea is too iffy so they definitely don’t make the list.
Chick-fil-A’s tea is GOOD.
Publix — please that is just NOT SOUTHERN STYLE tea.
I would add Red Lobster and Ol’Charley’s to the list.
But for all restaurants that are offering sweet tea on your menu; please find ONE PERSON who makes it really well and assign them that task. Sweet tea is not something you play around with and let any Johnny-Come-Lately grab the tea bags, water, sugar and stir up. Consistency people, consistency — the tea has to be right or the whole meal is just ruined.
By bk
April 8, 2009 2:04 PM | Link to this
McAlister’s in Kennesaw has some great sweet tea.
By Paige
April 8, 2009 2:21 PM | Link to this
Dreamland BBQ.
By Dennis
April 8, 2009 2:23 PM | Link to this
I always thought the iced part is unnecessary in these parts. McDonald’s tea is way too sweet.
By Jessica
April 8, 2009 2:23 PM | Link to this
If we’re going by restaurants, then there are a few:
The Colonnade (LOVE their sweet tea and grilled trout)
Merimack’s Tea Room
If we’re going by other criteria, then my Nana’s house. When my Nana and Papa were alive, my Nana made the best sweet tea in the world. Every family reunion we always looked for the sweet tea jugs on the table because we KNEW who made it.
Now it’s either me or whoever gets to the grocery store first :P Usually if I get the change and the time I’ll make it, but otherwise it’s whoever stops by the grocery store and gets the Kroger brands :\ I miss Nana’s tea!
(I currently live in Fort Worth Texas and I can’t TELL you how much reading these “Best Of“‘s makes me want to move back home and just live at the southern Soul Food restaurants :( )
By Tommy
April 8, 2009 2:25 PM | Link to this
Mcdonalds has best sweet tea it,s very refreshing
By JayceeAnde
April 8, 2009 2:27 PM | Link to this
Mcdonalds and Publix is the best!
By AtlGamecock
April 8, 2009 2:36 PM | Link to this
Lizard’s Thicket hands down !!!
By Jana
April 8, 2009 2:50 PM | Link to this
Jim N Nicks has the best sweet tea!
By pamela
April 8, 2009 2:51 PM | Link to this
McD’s sweet tea in winder ga is the best for $1.00 hands down
By nla
April 8, 2009 2:52 PM | Link to this
EATS on Ponce
By Pamela Maynard
April 8, 2009 2:53 PM | Link to this
Dreamland BBQ
By Lawrence Harris
April 8, 2009 2:59 PM | Link to this
Mrs. Diana Leafgreen-Jones of Bowne of Atlanta make hands-down the BEST sweet tea I have ever tasted. Since trying her tea, no one else’s will do!!!
By The Truth
April 8, 2009 3:29 PM | Link to this
My heart is split between two places….Mary Mac’s Tea Room and the OK Cafe. Both are fresh brewed and are not diabetes driven overkill. Bottoms up ya’ll!
By Bennie
April 8, 2009 3:37 PM | Link to this
it was Chick-fil-A when I had a glass in the 70’s and it is Chick-fil-A today.
By RAS
April 8, 2009 3:41 PM | Link to this
Mary Mac’s has the best sweet tea! Chick-fil-a is 2nd.
By Debbie
April 8, 2009 3:41 PM | Link to this
Martin’s
By connie
April 8, 2009 3:44 PM | Link to this
California Pizza Kitchen Mango Tea
or
Jr’s BBQ Norcross for Sweet Tea.
By Casi
April 8, 2009 3:48 PM | Link to this
OK Cafe - and their ice is great too.
By my2cents
April 8, 2009 4:06 PM | Link to this
Chik-Fil-A without a doubt.
By chuck
April 8, 2009 4:20 PM | Link to this
McAllister’s I’am sure is the best anywhere but maybe Fresh Air BBG in Jackson.
By sandy
April 8, 2009 4:26 PM | Link to this
That’s a toss up ~ I’d have to say 1st place: Chick-fil-a 2nd place: Micky-D’s
By CJ
April 8, 2009 4:28 PM | Link to this
Dusty’s BBQ near Emory and Chick Fil A
By Steve
April 8, 2009 4:30 PM | Link to this
I’ve always said “McDonald’s has the best sweet tea you can buy on a Sunday… that’s because Chick-Fil-A is closed on Sunday’s”. Chick-Fil-A has the best sweet tea around - unless you’re looking on a Sunday ~ then go to Micky-D’s! :-)
By Cindy Lu
April 8, 2009 4:34 PM | Link to this
Anne & bill’s Restaurant in Forest Park has the BEST sweeeeet tea. =)
By 3MTAE3
April 8, 2009 4:35 PM | Link to this
**MICKEY D’S OF COURSE. YOU CANNOT BEAT THE $1 PRICE. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHY ARE RESTAURANTS NOW CHARGING OVER $2 FOR SWEET TEA??? THIS REALLY PUZZLES ME WHEN WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT COSTS TO MAKE IT…..CRAZZZZYYYYYY……..
By Mo
April 8, 2009 4:50 PM | Link to this
Chick-fil-A 1st and Mrs. Winner’s 2nd
By Tom B.
April 8, 2009 4:51 PM | Link to this
Hudson’s in Duoglasville, was great when I was in high school. When I went back there 25 years later still just as good.
By Amanda
April 8, 2009 4:53 PM | Link to this
1)Chick-fil-A and 2) McDonalds
By elizabeth
April 8, 2009 4:55 PM | Link to this
McAlister’s Deli’s - there are several in Atlanta - make great tea.
Oddly enough, Marlowe’s Tavern also has a great glass of tea.
Swallow at the Hollow in Roswell is good.
And as much as I hate to say it, McDonalds really has started to make consistently good tea and are pricing it right. Chick-fil-a used to be my favorite but lately it has an off, splenda/fake sweet taste and is usually too sweet.
By sweet tooth
April 8, 2009 5:36 PM | Link to this
I like Nestea - it’s liquid awesomeness. I can get it anywhere Nestea is sold, which is virtually everywhere.
By Chiatt
April 8, 2009 5:46 PM | Link to this
Chipotle has excellent sweet tea.
McDonald’s sweetens theirs with corn syrup. Avoid it.
By Paulding Girl
April 8, 2009 6:32 PM | Link to this
Mary Mac’s then Panter Elementary in Dallas.
By steve
April 8, 2009 7:09 PM | Link to this
Chick-fil-A is AWESOME!!!
By forsyth girl
April 8, 2009 7:10 PM | Link to this
The absolute best tea in all the south is at Midway Meal House on Hwy. 9 in Cumming. A close second would be Captain D’s.
By Mel C
April 8, 2009 8:36 PM | Link to this
I always thought Chick-fil-A’s was the best until McDonald’s started their $1 tea. I was surprised how good it was!! Chick-fil-A’s has gotten too corn-syrupy tasting.
I avoid mixing the sweet with the unsweet because the restaurants don’t seem to think that the unsweet can go bad, but it can.
By GW
April 8, 2009 9:17 PM | Link to this
Cafe 55, the UPS corporate cafeteria, is #1. Best combo is 60% sweet and 40% unsweet, regardless.
By The Director
April 8, 2009 9:38 PM | Link to this
Kickin Chicken on Eagles Landing Parkway in Stockbridge - the best sweet tea is darker and sweet. Most places have sugar water - weak tea and sweet.
By Harold
April 8, 2009 9:41 PM | Link to this
To all of you people saying McDonald’s…you are total idiots. McDonald’s tea tastes like everything else they serve…total crap!
I suspect that most of you saying McDonald’s eat there a lot and don’t ever patronize a higher class establishment.
By Rose Tucker
April 8, 2009 9:47 PM | Link to this
Publix…of course!
By Chip
April 8, 2009 10:00 PM | Link to this
Maybe I missed it but if you want true southern Iced tea go to Watershed in Decatur. Scott Peacock and his staff know how it is truly done. They serve you iced tea with a glass off simple syrup(sugar), add to taste. Tea in the true old south was never sweet to start with.
As for the McDonald’s and Publix people…..where the heck are you from?
By Diva
April 8, 2009 10:18 PM | Link to this
Mickey D’s, most definitely…
By Myra
April 8, 2009 10:54 PM | Link to this
Ansley Golf Club; Maggiano’s; OK Cafe.
By Ebeth
April 8, 2009 11:27 PM | Link to this
Chik Fil A, no doubt about it. McAlister’s is good too
By angela
April 8, 2009 11:38 PM | Link to this
Busy Bee on Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.has the best sweet tea besides my own sweet tea.
By TommyD
April 8, 2009 11:44 PM | Link to this
Hands down McDonalds sweet tea takes the prize. For a $1 it is a steal!
By Leona
April 8, 2009 11:53 PM | Link to this
Believe it or not, it’s Sonic
By macarolina
April 8, 2009 11:54 PM | Link to this
if you HAVE to list a fast food joint, I’d say Bojangles has the best sweet tea. I second the comments for Taqueria del Sol and Mary Mac’s.
By toney
April 9, 2009 12:13 AM | Link to this
Good people…sweet tea isn’t the domain of bbq joints and fast food places…hands down the best tea in town is at the Buckhead Diner!!!!
By cobb dawg
April 9, 2009 12:58 AM | Link to this
1- OK Cafe, #2- Shane’s BBQBy weesyanne
April 9, 2009 1:42 AM | Link to this
McAlister’s Deli is the best. Chick-fil-A is pretty good, too.
By Jeff
April 9, 2009 4:27 AM | Link to this
I would have to say QTime Soul Food on Ralph David Abernathy.
By s
April 9, 2009 5:01 AM | Link to this
Chic filet Resturant..the best in the South.
By sugar pie
April 9, 2009 6:00 AM | Link to this
My iced tea is the best in the world. Using enough tea bags is the secret. I use 3 family sized Lipton Tea bags to steep in a half gallon of hot water, then sweetened with a cup of sugar and a half gallon of cold water—stir slowly and pour over crushed ice and serve with fresh lemon slices. Wonderful!! Yankees can not make iced tea—it’s a southern thang, y’all.
By itsme
April 9, 2009 6:41 AM | Link to this
The Farmhouse at Serenbe. It’s worth the drive to Palmetto.
By v
April 9, 2009 7:00 AM | Link to this
Most Chick-fil-A locations have the best tea
By tea lover
April 9, 2009 7:04 AM | Link to this
THE BEST TEA BY FAR IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD IS…..DRUMROLL PLEASE……..GOLDEN CORRAL……..
By Lisa S.
April 9, 2009 7:10 AM | Link to this
Mc D’s….. TOO SWEET!!!!! Publix….. Get a grip that stuffs nasty. Chick-fil-a………HANDS DOWN BEST!!
By UGAEngineer
April 9, 2009 7:50 AM | Link to this
Zeb Dean’s BBQ in Danielsville
By JC
April 9, 2009 8:04 AM | Link to this
The drive-thru at McDonald’s - $1.00 cup of “mickey d’s” sweet tea!!
By MA
April 9, 2009 8:40 AM | Link to this
I don’t really drink the stuff, but, Buckner’s Family Restaurant in Jackson, GA is pretty good.
By zeke
April 9, 2009 9:23 AM | Link to this
Lizard’s Thicket in Columbia, SC by far!!
By Diane Pendley
April 9, 2009 9:31 AM | Link to this
Chick-fil-A has the best.
By Diane Pendley
April 9, 2009 9:34 AM | Link to this
Chick-fil-A has the best.
By Diane Pendley
April 9, 2009 9:41 AM | Link to this
Chick-fil-A has the best.
By GodsDaughter
April 9, 2009 10:00 AM | Link to this
The Beautiful Restaurant on Cascade Road BY FAR has the best Sweet Tea! McDonalds takes the 2nd Place spot..
By Tea Lover
April 9, 2009 10:18 AM | Link to this
1) Dreamland on Roswell HANDS DOWN. 2) China Wall on Old National ( great herbal sweet tea)by the Krogers 3) Chickfila
HONORABLE MENTION
Micky D’s
By Erika
April 9, 2009 10:19 AM | Link to this
JR Crickets on Cascade Hands Down!!!! McDonald’s - 2nd Place (and you can beat a $1.00)
By maconman
April 9, 2009 10:21 AM | Link to this
Nu-way cotton ave in Macon, With a great Hot Dog.
By Mark
April 9, 2009 10:22 AM | Link to this
Mcdonalds when out & about, Publix at home.
By Sandra
April 9, 2009 10:26 AM | Link to this
Publix, and it only cost $2.50 for a gallon.
By fred hardy
April 9, 2009 10:34 AM | Link to this
Mine is best.
By Sarge
April 9, 2009 10:45 AM | Link to this
Pilgreens at Lake Dow, by far the best Sweet Tea. I moved to Ohio two years ago and miss Sweet Tea the most.
By e-rod
April 9, 2009 11:06 AM | Link to this
McAlisters and Chik Fil A. Consistently good anywhere. I grew up in Atlanta but lived all over the place and now live in Macon. The sweet tea at every Chik Fil A and every McAlisters that I have ever been to is excellent.
By bill h
April 9, 2009 11:09 AM | Link to this
Take it from a former beverage repair technician I won’t drink sweet tea in any restaurant. I don’t want to drink sugar mold.
By Ryan
April 9, 2009 11:23 AM | Link to this
By Terry
April 9, 2009 11:35 AM | Link to this
The Rib Ranch in Marietta has the best. they serve it in a jumbo glass and it is cold and sweet!
By dekta
April 9, 2009 1:05 PM | Link to this
The Vortex
By asu23
April 9, 2009 1:29 PM | Link to this
The best sweet tea can be found at Thinking Man Tavern in Decatur. Second place goes to Taqueria del Sol.
By JRG
April 9, 2009 2:02 PM | Link to this
CHURCH’S CHICKEN HAS GREAT SWEET TEA.
By don vice
April 9, 2009 2:21 PM | Link to this
Like most folks say, I make the very best, but, when I’m out I like Buffalo’s and Chick Fil A.
By GabyB
April 9, 2009 2:22 PM | Link to this
I think shane’s rib shack peach tea is great
By Elizabeth
April 9, 2009 3:04 PM | Link to this
Idont live in atl but I fill Imake the best tea in the south
By Christopher
April 9, 2009 3:55 PM | Link to this
Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles. And I hate to say it but McDonald’s is a close second.
By MDC
April 10, 2009 8:14 AM | Link to this
Park Tavern in Midtown, Einsteins in Midtown (not the bagel place), Mcalister’s and most any BBQ joint.
By cdrpar
April 10, 2009 9:38 AM | Link to this
Im from the north and if I wanted ‘sweet tea’ I had to make it myself which included fresh lemon(which is just as good as any one from the south if not better). I have to say that I’m thrilled that I can get ‘sweet tea’ virtually anywhere here in the south. The best place to me is chick-fil-a, I just wish they had fresh lemon.
By mz bea
April 10, 2009 9:38 AM | Link to this
QT, McDonald’s & Publix are the places I would recommend.
By awall
April 10, 2009 10:48 AM | Link to this
OK CAFE! I like the pebble ice
By Sandy
April 10, 2009 10:55 AM | Link to this
Capt D’s on South Cobb Drive in Smyrna, near Concord Road is best by far.
By Johnsonville
April 10, 2009 12:23 PM | Link to this
What are we voting on again?
By Southern Bella
April 10, 2009 12:51 PM | Link to this
There are a couple of places that I haven’t seen nominated: The Blue Willow Inn, and Dusty’s BBQ.
I also have a couple of comments about 2 places:
Publix: Have you guys read the “ingredients” list? Do you realize that Publix adds coloring to what they call “tea”? If you have to add coloring to tea, then, you are drinking colored sugar water.
McDonald’s: I’m guilty of buying their tea sometimes. I knew that something about it was suspicious, but it’s been the most consistent in the “mass-produced, cheap” category.
I left a cup out for a few days and wanted to check the “surprise” inside. While I expected mold, I was surprised to instead see a huge gelatinous mass. I concluded that they use corn syrup— which is a BILLION times sweeter than regular sugar!
Especially, if you are at risk for diabetes or heavy weight gain, McDonald’s tea is not for you!
By Ken
April 10, 2009 12:57 PM | Link to this
Milo’s. You can get it in Publix ( I think) and Buford Farmer’s Market
By Sweet T Lover
April 10, 2009 1:00 PM | Link to this
Unbelievably, McDonald’s has the best sweet tea and for $1, gotta love it!
By computerblue
April 10, 2009 1:13 PM | Link to this
The Beacon Drive In in Spartanburg. For people who believe the house wine of the South should be sweetened, this is hands-down the best.
I actually prefer my tea unsweetened these days though with lots of lemon. Anyone know a place with just really good tea?
By bifusbabe
April 10, 2009 1:15 PM | Link to this
The best sweet tea EVER is Mayfield’s Sweet Tea. You can find it @ Wal-Mart and Kroger!!
By B Ray
April 10, 2009 2:48 PM | Link to this
Bojangles has the best sweet tea. They put honey in it. We need more Bojangles around here!
By tyler
April 10, 2009 4:01 PM | Link to this
it is impossible to tell really but it is gladys knights
By Muttonchop
April 10, 2009 4:41 PM | Link to this
If there ever was a post to PROVE once and for all that people from the outlying areas of metro Atlanta are uncultured hicks it is this one.
Go to Mickey D’s and have a big cup of corn syrup y’all!!! Wow that’s good “tea”
By Javi Mac
April 10, 2009 4:51 PM | Link to this
I make the best tea on the Georgia State Campus if not in all of Fulton County!
By Sherri
April 10, 2009 6:20 PM | Link to this
Taqueria del Sol!! Not an obvious choice…people tell me that they have good margaritas but I’ve never ordered one, because the tea there is so delicious!!
By Myra
April 10, 2009 6:45 PM | Link to this
The Blue Willow Inn in Social Circle and the OK Cafe on 75 and W Paces. Maggiano’s and Seasons 52 use simple syrup with their freshly brewed tea.
By Debbie
April 10, 2009 10:39 PM | Link to this
McAllister’s Deli-The best sweet tea has to come from Mississippi
By one4deegee
April 11, 2009 10:38 AM | Link to this
way to go deegee i totally agree with you!!!! some people are just miserable and small minded:)
By one4deegee
April 11, 2009 10:41 AM | Link to this
publix has wonderful sweet tea. Almost as good as mine.
By YUMMERS
April 11, 2009 12:10 PM | Link to this
I’m a sweet tea junkie and THE BEST sweet tea I’ve had is at Vintage Pizza on Peachtree Rd in Chamblee. So good I’d die without it
By YUMMERS
April 11, 2009 12:12 PM | Link to this
McDonald’s is wayy too sweet. Seems like they add a pound of sugar in each cup. And I bet they do.
By Pete Austin
April 11, 2009 6:20 PM | Link to this
SOnny’s Bar B Q in Conyers. BIG TALL glasses that neve get 1/2 empty. They keep you full. Great taste, friendly people.
By Taz
April 11, 2009 6:46 PM | Link to this
Publix’s by the gallon or Popeye’s by the gallon.
By Hi Tech Buba
April 12, 2009 9:13 AM | Link to this
Country’s BBQ in Columbus- No contest. Until you have sampled this nector of the God’s, you have no clue just how bland restaurant chain tea is.
** Worth the trip
By FCM
April 12, 2009 5:08 PM | Link to this
Chick Fil A I even cheated when I was pregnant (with the OB-GYN permission) by getting one big cup a day. That was my caffine fix back then.
By Sweet-T
April 12, 2009 6:47 PM | Link to this
CHICK-FIL-A and MRS WINNERS !
By hanna
April 12, 2009 7:38 PM | Link to this
i have been all over the u.s. and i’m going to tell you who has the best, refreshing ice tea (i’m an ice tea expert)drum roll!!!!!!!logans
By Luzianne
April 12, 2009 8:11 PM | Link to this
If you voted for McDonald’s or Publix, you must be a Y-A-N-K-E-E ! Swamp water tastes better.